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Twenty-four Debentures of £100 each. 20 60 110 257 297 298 301 348 398 399 414 538 539 881 929 930 931 932 933 934 977 1252 1362 1365 Twenty-four debentures of £100 each = £2,400. Bank of England, 22nd September, 1891. F. May. 2. —New Zealand Government 5-per-cent. Debenture, authorised by " The Westland Loan Act, 1873," lodged with the Bank of England for Conversion into New Zealand 3*-per-cent. Inscribed Stock up to the 22nd September, 1891. One debenture (No. 1) of £50,000 = £50,000. Bank of England, 22nd September, 1891. F. May. 3.—New Zealand, Province of Otago, 6-per-cent. Debentures, secured by "<The Otago Loan Ordinance, 1862," falling due Ist July, 1898, lodged with the Bank of England from the 24th June to the 22nd September, 1891, for Conversion into New Zealand 3J-per-eent. Inscribed Stock, at £116 15s. per Cent., in accordance with Instructions contained in the Agent-General's Letter dated 3rd September, 1891. Ten Debentures of £100 each. 3656 3657 3658 3659 3660 3661 3662 3663 3664 3665 Ten debentures of £100 each = £1,000. Bank of England, 22nd September, 1891. F. May. Enclosure 2 in No. 34. Naeeation of Debentubes of the Loan of 1863 paid off by the Crown Agents.—(ln Continuation of Statement dated the 22nd July, 1891.) Series 15th March, 1891. It is hereby certified that the debenture of the following amount and denomination of the New Zealand 6-per-cent. loan of 1863 (series 15th March, 1891) has been presented for payment at the domicile of the loan, and has been duly paid off by us and cancelled, and the debebenture de-registered in the register of the loan. One Debenture of £100. 1306. One debenture of £100 = £100. Downing Street, 22nd September, 1891. E. E. Blake, Crown Agent for the Colonies. Series 15th June, 1891. It is hereby certified that the debentures of the following amounts and denominations of the New Zealand 6-per-cent. loan of 1863 (series 15th June, 1891) have been presented for payment at the domicile of the loan, and have been duly paid off by us and cancelled, and the debentures de-registered in the register of the loan. Two Debentures of £1,000 each. 386 387 One Debenture of £500. 1844 Six Debentures of £100 each. 2039 2071 2143 2185 2270 2301 Summary. 6 debentures of £100 each = £600 1 debenture of 500 = 500 2 debentures of 1,000 each = 2,000 9 £3,100 Downing Street, 22nd September, 1891. E. E. Blake, Crown Agent for the Coloniea,

No. 35. The Agent-Geneeal to the Peemiee. (No. 1619.) Westminster Chambers, 13, Victoria Street, London, S.W., Sic,— 30th October, 1891. The only alteration in the figures of the conversion given in my letter No. 1438 of the 2nd instant is an addition of £300 to the amount of debentures of the loan of 1860, whereby the aggregate amount converted is increased from £257,100 to £257,400. The figures now stand as follows : — Last Letter. Addition. Totals. £ £ £ £ 1. Loan of 1860 73,600 300 ... 73,900 2. Loan of 1863— March series ... ... 42,400 ... 42,400 June series ... ... 28,700 ... 28,700 December series ... ... 13,900 ... 13,900 85,000 3. Provincial loans— Lyttelton and Christchurch ... ... 6,200 Auckland ... 11,800 Otago .. ... ... 23,700 1,000 24,700 Canterbury ... ... 5,800 Westland ... ... 50,000 Nelson ... ... Nil 98,500 £257,400